Fighting Fear with Facts: Navigating Infectious Disease Information [Sponsored]
· 23 min
Episode Fighting Fear with Facts: Navigating Infectious Disease Information [Sponsored]
From sensationalized health claims to AI-generated misinformation, misleading content can distort how people understand infectious disease. Epidemiologist and science communicator Jessica Malaty Rivera explores why fear spreads, how science evolves and what individuals can do to evaluate sources, recognize emotional manipulation and build trust in evidence.
This podcast was produced for Bayer by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors.
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